A riot erupted in Huntington Beach Sunday marring a weeklong competition and celebration of sport known as the U.S. Open of Surfing. It made an afterthought of a glorious weekend that began magnificently from a local point of view Friday when San Diego's other well-respected Frye — Skip — was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame and had his hand and footprints "immortalized in cement" outside Huntington Surf & Sport.

Written descriptions almost seem to be understatements, according to several videos that now litter YouTube and are featured below. The Los Angeles Times called the crowd unruly in a Sunday night headline and a subsequent Associated Press story described it as rowdy.

It was a wild scene in the center of Huntington Beach for much of Sunday as vandals and thugs took over the streets and onlookers took out their cell phones. It led some to remember a 1986 riot in Huntington Beach that stained the Ocean Pacific Pro Surfing championship and resulted in 13 arrests and and at least a dozen injuries, half of them to law enforcement.

Eight people have been arrested following this latest riot.

From the Associated Press story:

A bicycle shop was looted, and TV reports showed people brawling, overturning a portable toilet, rocking a truck and throwing a chair into a fountain. Police from several cities were called in. (Lt. John) Domingo says arrests were made for disturbing the peace, unlawful assembly and inciting a riot. One person was held for assault with a deadly weapon on an officer. Police will look at video, and more arrests could be made.

Here you go, police. Good luck getting these hooligans.

Bedlam in Huntington Beach

These people thought it was cool to attack portable toilets.
There were fights.
And more fights.
These jokers thought they could overturn a city truck.
Here's a 5-minute video that shows the police presence and damage.
Here's a video showing the destruction in the 1986 riot.
In case you think Huntington Beach has a monopoly on madness, don't forget San Diego's Labor Day 2007 brawl in Pacific Beach that led to the city's beach alcohol ban.
And this midnight mess at Balboa Park that trashed San Diego's iconic lily pond.

What did people think? What do you think?

Hey meat heads in Huntington Beach who started the riot. Way to jock out and put a bad end to a good event. Good one Bro Cal. #donkeys